2015

THEY WERE THERE WHEN HE CAME! An American co-owner of the ‘My Girl Massage’ parlour in Pattaya, Keith Lyman Brown, 58, seems to have hit an unlucky streak in the resort. Not long after being knocked out by a Mr. Chris Gleeson of CTLS Language School, who appears to be angry that the massage parlour […]

A young British woman, Hannah Davies, aged 21, has been re-united with her mother in Bangkok, who flew out after fearing for her daughter’s safety. Ms. Davies had been seen in the Mall, Bangkapi looking ‘unwell’ last week. Her mother Theresa Davies from Portsmouth, Hants, created a website asking for further information as to her […]

HOW RAMMING A POINT HOME IN THAILAND SOMETIMES NEEDS MORE THAN A SLEDGEHAMMER! Platinum Financial Services whose executive director Andrew Wood provides weekly advice in the Bangkok Post has been put on a Securities Exchange of Thailand’s Investor Alert list. Wood’s last column in the Bangkok Post was to advise expatriate Brits how to invest […]

Picture used to promote a tour of Tiger Temple. Spot the mistake! Yes, you’re right. The baby is not yet actually in the tiger’s mouth Officers of the Department of National Parks were still moving animals out of Wat Pha Luang Tu Bua in Kanchanaburi, best known as the ‘Tiger Temple’, today after finally acting […]

Flying Sporran’s SE-Asian pre-‘Frozen’ tour diary Apologies to readers of this site if entries have been somewhat erratic but the Flying Sporran is currently on tour in south east Asia.  Annie, Matthew, Archie and I have been having a ball. Our recent departure was slightly hurried as  a couple of the border crossings may not […]

DEATH MUTE GAVE AWAY NOTHING! While the Thai Army continues its reign unfettered, the Burmese Army or Tatmadaw continues with impunity to torture, rape and kill members of the ethnic Kachins in north Burma –  with  only muted criticism by the international community now that the country is big business. The Free Burma Rangers have […]

THAILAND’S NEW NOT SO HIDDEN AGENDA. New plans will hinder murder enquiries too For those who have not noticed the current Thai military led government has been quietly curtailing basic human rights and the ability of organisations to question government and official conduct. Already the powers of Thailand’s FBI – the Department of Special Investigations […]

‘LAWYER CAUGHT ON TAPE’ SEVERELY EDITED IPSO JUDGMENT A complaint has been lodged by British journalist Andrew Drummond to the Independent Press Standards Organisation claiming a fake British lawyer operating in Thailand has published a false judgment on his website CasewatchAsia.blogspot.com. and Liveleak.com Brian Goudie, formerly Goldie, who was jailed for six years in Australia […]

Alan Morison the Australian journalist who has been hounded by the Royal Thai Navy has returned defiantly to Thailand for fight libel cases brought against him and colleague Chutima Sidasathian, the Guardian is reporting today. Morison and Chutima face trial over one sentence in a Reuters report which they published on the plight of the […]

James Lumsden (right) The Thai Supreme Court has as expected issued an arrest warrant for British journalist Andrew Drummond (the owner of this site) for failing to attend a hearing on a final judgment on a libel case brought by James Lumsden, former joint proprietor of ‘Boyz Boyz Boyz’ Club in Pattaya. This is a […]